{"id":3491294,"date":"2026-07-24T20:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/waymo-allegedly-considering-a-split-from-uber\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:43:35","slug":"waymo-allegedly-considering-a-split-from-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/waymo-allegedly-considering-a-split-from-uber\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo allegedly considering a split from Uber"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/waymo-allegedly-considering-a-split-from-uber.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo is reportedly seeking an exit from its arrangement with Uber, which has enabled the Alphabet-owned firm&#8217;s robotaxis to operate on the ride-hailing giant\u2019s platform in Austin and Atlanta, as stated by the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo has already informed Uber of its plans to deploy robotaxis via its own application in those cities starting January 2028, in addition to the current service, as the ride-hail giant revealed to TechCrunch on Friday. Uber mentioned that the agreement with Waymo concerning Austin and Atlanta concludes in May 2028. The two firms had already parted ways in Phoenix earlier this year, as reported first by TechCrunch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo did not promptly reply to a request for a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes after several months of escalating tensions between Waymo and Uber. Earlier this year, Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli shared a video showcasing what he considered to be unsafe and \u201cscary\u201d actions of a Waymo robotaxi. In May, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi subtly criticized the conduct of Waymo\u2019s robotaxis in school zones and emergency scenarios during an earnings call, alluding to the company without mentioning it by name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, Waymo has found itself at odds with Uber in several new policy disputes over robotaxi regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/waymo-allegedly-considering-a-split-from-uber.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo is reportedly seeking an exit from its arrangement with Uber, which has enabled the Alphabet-owned firm&#8217;s robotaxis to operate on the ride-hailing giant\u2019s platform in Austin and Atlanta, as stated by the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo has already informed Uber of its plans to deploy robotaxis via its own application in those cities starting January 2028, in addition to the current service, as the ride-hail giant revealed to TechCrunch on Friday. Uber mentioned that the agreement with Waymo concerning Austin and Atlanta concludes in May 2028. The two firms had already parted ways in Phoenix earlier this year, as reported first by TechCrunch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waymo did not promptly reply to a request for a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes after several months of escalating tensions between Waymo and Uber. Earlier this year, Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli shared a video showcasing what he considered to be unsafe and \u201cscary\u201d actions of a Waymo robotaxi. In May, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi subtly criticized the conduct of Waymo\u2019s robotaxis in school zones and emergency scenarios during an earnings call, alluding to the company without mentioning it by name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, Waymo has found itself at odds with Uber in several new policy disputes over robotaxi regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3491295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3491294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3491294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3491295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3491294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3491294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3491294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}